桜桃

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see 櫻桃 (“cherry; reddish mouth of a beautiful girl”).
(This term, 桜桃, is the second-round simplified form of 櫻桃).
Notes:

Japanese
桜桃 (ōtō, sakuranbō): Japanese cultivated cherries.
Kanji in this term
桜 桃
おう
Grade: 5		 とう
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

/autau/ → /ɔːtɔː/ → /oːtoː/

From Middle Chinese 櫻桃 (MC 'eang daw, literally “cherry; cherry tree + peach; peach-shaped fruit”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おーとー [òótóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

桜(おう)桃(とう) • (ōtō) ←あうたう (autau)?

  1. A bird cherry, mazzard cherry, sweet cherry, or wild cherry tree, or gean (Prunus avium), of Europe and western Asia.
  2. fruit of a tree of species Prunus avium
  3. a Chinese sour cherry or Chinese cherry tree (Prunus pseudocerasus)
  4. fruit of a Chinese cherry tree
  5. a Nanking cherry, Korean cherry, or downy cherry tree (Prunus tomentosa)
  6. fruit of a Nanking cherry tree
  7. (figurative) a beautiful woman
  8. (figurative) the lips of a beautiful woman
Synonyms
  • (Prunus avium): 西(せい)洋(よう)美(み)桜(ざくら) (seiyō mizakura)
  • (Prunus pseudocerasum): 支(し)那(な)美(み)桜(ざくら) (shina mizakura)
  • (Prunus tomentosa): 英(ゆすら)桃(うめ) (yusura ume)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
桜 桃
さくら
Grade: 5		 -
Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see the following entry.
【桜さくらん坊ぼう】
[noun] (fruit) cherry (mostly used for Japanese cherries)
Alternative spellings
桜んぼ, さくらんぼ, サクランボ
(This term, 桜桃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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